Address: Department of City and Regional Planning, New Building, Room: 305, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

E-Mail: ayseguls@metu.edu.tr

 

Education:

PhD         City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (Ongoing)       

MSc         City Planning, Middle East Technical University (2023)        

BSc          City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (2020)

                 Erasmus in Raumplanung, Technische Universität Dortmund  (2019)

 

Research Interests: Urban ecology, water politics, political ecology

  

Assisted Courses:

CRP101 - 102 Basic Design Studio I - II 

CRP 201 - 202 Planning Studio III - IV

CRP135 Graphic Communication for Planners

CRP403 Urban Conservation Planning

CRP406 Public Space for Inclusion and Diversity

 

Publications

Chapter in a Book

Bach-Danielsen, K., Licolaou, L., Sarı, A., Tok, F., Ayla, N. M., Tekin, H. (2023). Bold move. In Akkar Ercan, M., Pottgieser, U. (Eds.). Public Policies on Middle-Class Mass Housing in Europe and Leveraging Contemporary Architecture Interventions, Lisboa: DINÂMIA'CET-IUL ISCTE. (ISBN: 978-989-781-863-9)

 

Editorial

Sari A., Aydin E., Husár M., (2023). Editorial. Planext, 13, pp. 5-7. 

 

Conferences

KBAM Kentsel Bölgesel Araştırmalar Ağı (Urban and Regional Research Network) 11th Symposium (December 2026, Ankara) -  Organizing Committee 

Sari, A., Tiryaki Kesler, İ. D. (2026, June 29-July 3). When Planning Becomes Peripheral: Ecological Degradation and Urban Expansion in Tokat [Presentation]. World Planning Schools Congress: Peripheral Visions - Rethinking Planning, Helsinki. https://event.eventos.fi/wpsc2026/website/9908e8e4-0194-40e4-8f3f-20d81d7c42c5 

KBAM Kentsel Bölgesel Araştırmalar Ağı (Urban and Regional Research Network) 10th Symposium (October 2025, Muğla) -  Organizing Committee 

KBAM Kentsel Bölgesel Araştırmalar Ağı (Urban and Regional Research Network) 9th Symposium (December 2023, İzmir)  - Organizing Committee

AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference — In Search of Well-Being in Liminality: No Longer-Not Yet (April 2022, İstanbul) -  Organizing Committee

Sari, A., Çalgan, E., Bilgen, İ. (2021, 8-11 November). The Economic, Environmental and Socio-cultural Effects of Tourism Development on Local Community’s Well-being: Antalya case [Online Presentation]. 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress — Planning Unlocked: New Times, Better Places, Stronger Communities, Doha, Qatar. https://isocarp.org/world-planning-congress-doha-2021/

  

Workshops

”Rainwater Harvesting Training Program for Municipalities” funded by British Embassy in Ankara (as part of the Climate Responsive Urban Design course by Peker, E.) in collaboration with Design Atelier of Kadıkoöy Municipality  (April 2025, Istanbul) - Researcher

Akkar Ercan Z. M. (Executive), Tiryaki I. D., Sari A., Karadoğan S., Çoban A. B. (2022). Stakeholders Workshop (Co)Designing for Quality of Life in Middle-Class Mass Housing: Exploring Challenges & Opportunities [Researcher]. Ankara, Turkey. 

 

Exhibition

100. Yılda Başkent Ankara Planları, 6-14 June, 2024. Türk Serbest Mimarlar Derneği Mimarlık Merkezi (Co-curator with N. Uzun, O. Çalışkan, A. B. Büyükcivelek, H. O. Çetin, D. Yaraş Er, S. Karadoğan)

“Public Things” an Exhibition on Public Space & Water Infrastructures at METU Campus Alley, 2025, (Curator: Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, Co-curator: Ayşegül Sarı) https://publi̇cthi̇ngsmetu.my.canva.site

 

Membership of Editorial Boards

AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference: In Search of Well-Being in Liminality: No Longer-Not Yet, Istanbul, Turkey (2021)


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04/10/2026 - 12:21